Twenty-six students graduate Wednesday night from Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education in ceremonies outside Waterville Senior High School.
Amy Calder
Staff Writer
Amy Calder covers Waterville, including city government, for the Morning Sentinel and writes a column, “Reporting Aside,” which appears Sundays in the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. She has worked at the newspaper since 1988, including a stint as bureau chief for the Somerset County Bureau in Skowhegan, and has covered a variety of beats. A Skowhegan native, she holds a bachelors in English from University of Hartford and completed post-graduate work at the School of Education at University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received numerous of awards from the Maine Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association and is author of the book, "Comfort is an Old Barn," a collection of curated columns published by Islandport Press. Calder lives in Waterville with her husband, Philip Norvish, a retired Sentinel reporter and editor.
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Waterville City Council votes to buy surveillance system for RiverWalk
Councilors also vote Tuesday night to give $50,000 in city funds to local nonprofit organizations.
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Waterville police officer uninjured in crash, but cruiser sustains extensive damage
The crash was reported about 2:15 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Gilman and Burleigh streets in Waterville.
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Waterville City Council to consider buying $41,339 security system for RiverWalk park
Councilors to discuss surveillance system Tuesday following concerns about vandalism and other illegal activity at the park on the Kennebec River in downtown Waterville.
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Amy Calder: Why did the salamander cross the road? Waterville man has the answer
Greg LeClair, 26, founded Maine Big Night, a citizen-based science program that collects data on amphibian road crossings and deaths and seeks to find solutions to wildlife conservation, Amy Calder writes.
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Smith, Tuminaro face off in Republican primary for House District 62
Katrina Smith of Palermo and Jennifer Tuminaro of China are vying for the GOP nod in a district that includes China, Hibberts Gore, Palermo, Somerville and Windsor.
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Waterville police, Maine Gun Safety Coalition to host ‘gun giveback’ day
People who have guns or ammunition they do not want may bring them to the Waterville Police Department and eight other law enforcement locations around the state June 11.
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Two people taken to hospital following Vassalboro crash
The wreck occurred Thursday morning on Riverside Drive when an SUV approaching Riverside failed to yield to a car, colliding with it.
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Two injured in two-vehicle wreck in Sidney, sheriff’s office says
The collision occurred last week on the Middle Road when a pickup truck tried to pass two other vehicles and then struck one of them as it made a left turn, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Skowhegan hosts Memorial Day parade, honors war dead at services
Hundreds of people of all ages line Madison Avenue and Water Street under sunny skies Monday to watch the Memorial Day parade, ending with services at Veterans Memorial Park.